I have read her posts and I agree with her assesement, (seriously, whose damn ass idea was it to let a designer use dead celebrities as a sales tool, I mean this dude used the Twin Towers in one of his ‘pieces’).
Never stifle opinions or feedback, it will lead to your downfall.
As I mentioned on @weekofstyle earlier today,
the first draft of the schedule was put together today.
As usually the case, it was a long, arduous process that took up pretty much
the whole afternoon, it was extremely gratifying as the first pass resulted
in a very strong offering to you all.
We have some extremely fantastic shows that I am very much looking forward to.
As per usual, we are featuring a lot of home-grown talent mixed with some fantastic
global brands. Bambumoda is back, as is Men In Tuxes. I also broke
this last week on twitter, the Toronto Week of Style is once again proud showcase and support
Aboriginal designers. This year, we will also be mounting a show call Unsigned Hype
and of course GreenisBlack is back.
One thing that I am excited about is the new logo that we are coming up with.
The last few year’s, we have been a bit schizophrenic with our brand image and identity.
In marketing land, this is a cardinal sin. I have let it slide a bit because my experience
in the creation and running of events of this nature, scope and lately, influence has
always pointed to the allowance of a gestation period. Basically, you need to let the
brand grow, make mistakes and find its soul.
We are almost there.
We have captured the hearts of the disenfranchised fashionites in the city and allowed
them to embrace their inner Style Icon. We have made the establishment sit up and
take notice of the changes that need to be made.
And, we have started something that has quite literally changed the face of fashion.
I am personally very excited to unveil the new logo in the next few weeks.
Growth and change happens in steps. We have made some great steps (and missteps),
but we have a great new energy that will once again change and elevate the level
of discourse the Style Industry in Canada requires to reach the level of the talent we have here.
Just before David Dixon’s Spring 2009 Fashion last Fall, one of Canada’s brightest stars announced, what is probably the dream job for every one woman I know..hehe. Dixon announced that he was chosen to design an outfit for one of the Origina Style Icon – Barbie.
Barbie by David Dixon, a limited-edition collection, in black, ivory and pink with accents from the signature black and white pattern from Barbie’s premier swimsuit outfit. “Barbie’s ever-evolving style has secured her status as a fashion icon and kept her relevant to every generation,” said David Dixon. “I designed a collection that celebrates one of pop culture’s most influential and fashionable icons, with pieces that where she’s been and where she’s going.” Dixon is the first Canadian designer to offer Barbie fashions for women and his line will be the first of its kind available in Canada.
I am glad to see that it’s happening as David is one of my favourite designers out there – Canadian or otherwise.
This Barbie Fashion thing seems to have some legs.
Recently at New York Fashion Week, there was a fashion show that was absolutely rammed (so say the tweeterites that I was following). @weekofstyle had actually done a live re-tweeting of about 20 people that were there and it was fun. These pics back that up as most of the outfits designed really emulate the Barbie branding.
There were mixed reviews, however, bottom line…this exercise is great for the brand, and my guess that it has surpassed all expectations of those involved.
Hey folks,
Haven’t been on for a bit as we have been more on the Twitter.
Fear not, we will start posting more regularly as the event is in its planning stages and we are starting to get going.
Our ID on twitter is @weekofstyle, jump on board if you are part of the Twitterverse. Would love to chat with ya.
Robin Kay of L’Oréal Fashion Week and Jean-Francois Daviau of Montreal’s semaine de la mode were engaging in more tête-à-tête over more red wine in the press room of Bonsecours Market Wednesday.
This time I asked what the discussion was about: “The future of Canadian fashion,’’ came the response, without details. Later, JF shared his vision: it involves Montreal as the country’s major showcase for Canadian fashion. Kay, of course, is on the record as seeing it otherwise.
Along came P&G Beauté’s, chief in Canada, Danielle Bibas, to join the conversation. P&G is the major sponsor in Montreal and L’Oréal is its mega-conglomerate beauty rival.
Kay, meanwhile, was wearing a newly acquired sweater with the label, Ginger – a Montreal knitwear line – hanging from the back of her neck. Nobody could find scissors to detach it for her.
I have literally no idea what to say.
(Except that I agree with Jean-Francois..but I already talked about that here).
While we’ll be announcing the schedule for the Toronto
Week of Style at our press conference May 7, one thing I can
let you in on is our involvement this year in Contact – the
month long photography festival that takes place throughout
Toronto.
I will go into more detail closer to the launch date, however, the info is up on Contact’s website, so give it a gander..
So we’re putting the finishing touches on the schedule for TWOS08.
Just to give a hint..
We are focusing on the following themes:
i) we are going to be the most sustainable week of fashion in the world.
ii) we will be the biggest fashion celebration of the fact that Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world.
(cause really, that is what trulydefines our fashion DNA)
iii) we will once again focus on pop culture and those influences that help define and shape it.
Stay tuned.
I will be posting it on our fb page first
So make sure you join here.
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